The sun is rising. The excitement level is growing by the second. More than 50,000 runners gathering here right now. From the shadow of the bridge right here on Staten Island thank you for being with us. Good morning, robin. Good morning to all of you. In less than two hours, the streets will be filled with marathon runners, young and old, professionals and those running for the very first time. We cant wait to do this. We have every angle covered. First, we do want to check on what is always important to everyone on Staten Island the race day forecast. So nice to be out of the headlines this morning. Rob and laura, so nice to be out of the headlines because the weather is not an issue. The wind is not howling at 50 miles an hour. It is nice and comfortable. The runners are saying it might be a touch too mild. A look at the finish line central park. 56 degrees. A south wind at a light 3 Miles Per Hour. Beautiful. Cloudy skies. A couple sprinkles around the area. You can see a few showers north of new jersey. We might have one or two more sprinkles. After that, not much on the radar. We will probably be clear as we approach the starting line. Will see the clouds thin out as a go through the race day. The planner looks like this. Mid to upper 50s as we start the race. Beautiful. Light wind for the most part. Maybe gusting which is just a tailwind. In the afternoon, looking for the sunshine. We will talk to some of the runners and see how they are enjoying the weather this morning. Thank you very much. We felt a few sprinkles. I think we are in the clear at this point. Todays race leaves runners from the starting line to all five boroughs. From Staten Island, runners make their way to the from this to central park. Biggest marathon. Miles to through 13 two through 13 goes through bay ridge, williamsburg, and other areas. And mile eight, they get a big boost from the Brooklyn Academy of music. 3 miles an queens. Entering from the polaski bridge and Long Island City and climbing up the queensboro bridge into a wall of loud spectators on the other side. 1 mile in the. Mile 20, before the crowd goes avenue for the Historic Museum mile. That leads to engineers gate and into central park for the final leg of the race. There is a brief exit on Central Park South at Columbus Circle before they finished the 26. 2mile, journey at tavern on the greene. Of course we know there are so many stories of people overcoming obstacles, and challenges all in order to make it here today. One of those runners is doing that almost two years to the day after having heart bypass surgery. Joining amy here at Staten Island. Good morning. Reporter good morning to the both of you. I am here at marathon village. This is an amazing story. As runners, we think we are invincible. Especially on a day like today. The reality is, we are all still human. This runner from new jersey found out that no matter what you do, you cant run from your family jeans. Along the my longest 17 miles. For decades, he has been lacing up his Running Shoes and jogging through life. Not only to release stress but it became my medication. He was the picture of fitness to his friends and family. In 2013, while training for his next marathon, about a mile each run, he fell different. I felt a little radiation down my left arm. Checked out. That saved his life. Two weeks later, he had open heart surgery. Doctors diagnosed him with severe coronary artery disease. His father and brother died it. As a vegetarian, since 1983, he did everything he could sense he found out about it. I am grateful. He winter months of rehabilitation. His surgery, he is ready for his 12 marathon. I never thought i would run another step. It is meaningful. Im running for my dad and my brother. Anybody. This race will be an emotional reunion for the runner from new jersey, who cannot wait to cross the finish line. This one is particularly meaningful because of what i have been there. It is a Second Chance not only analyze but at the new york marathon. It will be great. An amazing story. I wish you the very best. Good luck on your tcs new York City Marathon. We have the team here from france. I just saw my neighbor here on the Upper West Side. This guy is my neighbor. Most of the runners are actually sitting here waiting for the race. My friends here. Good morning. Saving your legs. As you that here what did you have for breakfast . A bagel. The secret weapon is the bagel. Are you going for a pr today . Any special time . Im hoping to cross the finish line in one piece. That is it. Everybody has their goals and air and are ready to go. It is race day. Back to you guys. Thank you. Just finishing. That is a pretty good goal right there. And amy is running the race today. You are our euros hero. One of the runners is doing something most of us have not even dreamed of. Marathon. I dream of doing one. This makes this even more remarkable. An accident left him barely able to walk years ago. Today, this marks his 18th new York City Marathon. My first marathon i set my goal was to finish. Then i said, i really would like to pass the finish line before it got dark. It is not until he strips down to his running shorts, that is true story is revealed. A construction accident in 1993 crashed his left leg. Every stretch can bring a grimace to his face. Fiftyseven days and seven decided he needed some life changes. Better. And with the help of the until started to run as part of his rehab. Years later, the mileage other leg. In 2008, he sought treatment at special surgery. This guy is a classic example of you have to the xrays. Raymond considers his once mangled leg, his good leg. His doctor has repaired the arthritic knee twice. He worries he will have to one shoes. I told him already and you see he has not laid off. Ultimately he will probably end up with knee replacements down the road. He will bounceback from that. And he will keep doing what he wants to do. Now 64 years old, raymond is determined to keep this going. Instead of a grandfather bragging about his grandkids i would like if my grandkids got together with their friends and said, my grandfather runs a marathon every year. I think that would be cool. Kimberly richardson with that story. Thank you very much. That is what this day is all about. We can rate wait for that. Everyone will be cheering them on. Spectators have to make their way here to Staten Island. Were talking with those marathon fans aboard the Staten Island ferry. Reporter good morning from new york harbor as a past lady liberty. We get the view that those people at the mega cruise ship are getting as they visit the city. A lot of visitors aboard this very ferry. One of 15 trips from Lower Manhattan to st. George, to take thousands of runners to the starting line on Staten Island. 1700 people expected on each of these boats running a gauntlet of security before they can even begin to run the race. When they get on the boat, it is a quick trip 15 minutes over to Staten Island. A little chilly. Not as chilly as last year. But the excitement is palpable. This is of course a historic and legendary marathon. Seeing the whole city comes the volunteers, to the runners, to the people watching on the street. You see families coming with their kids. People are just excited to be it is a beautiful day. We are very happy to be here. From now on, everything is perfect. Labrie lady Liberty Liberty from one of the Staten Island trips. They will all be in position by 9 00 ready to run. In the harbor, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you so much, josh. Just Getting Started here on this marathon sunday as we kick off extensive coverage of this tcs new York City Marathon. Thousands of people making their way to Staten Island getting ready for the start of the big race. Welcome back to our coverage. Counting down rainout to the start of the tcs new York City Marathon right here on channel 7. Local High School Students are also involved with the marathon this year. They are running. They did create apps for the race. There is an app for everything. They worked with tcs to make it happen. Amy joining us once again for a look at more. During marathon week, students from the academy of software engineering, chelsea high school, bronze academy of softer and just engineering and Thomas Edison high school were invited to the marathon designed as part of the tcs program. This is a Technology Awareness program at new york city Public Schools and 26 other cities. The idea was, how do we encourage young people to take on careers and Information Technology . We are a it business. Working on the project was really fun. We were able to make jokes and work with our mentor at the same time. Keep a steady serious mentality about the joke work. The top 14 people on build their apps to judges. One team was chosen as the winner for their creation. This man says he used to play sports with a friend who moved away. And this was the idea of his apt still being able to run with friends a world away. This is my first basically. While there is still no apt to run the race for you, expect tcs to keep challenging these young minds. The average age and their company is 27 years old. We as a company have to make sure we stay youthful and bring Digital Technologies to our own business. In the way we operate. Thanks so much, amy. I will look forward to the app. The marathon is not the only big sports story. We are not forgetting about the mets. We will take a look at last nights highlights from citi field and look ahead to tonights big game as well. We have that and so much more as marathon sunday rolls on when come back. Welcome back. It is marathon sunday here on be on the finish line at central park. We also know a lot of eyes will be at citi field later tonight series. Some may have panicked when none. But never the mets themselves. They knew this was a long go. After a welcome home win the other night, they had a chance against the royals. Lets take a look. It all looked so good to start. In the third inning, it was Michael Conforto. Collins keep sticking with him because he knows he can hit. There you go. It is a home run. Fifth inning, Michael Conforto going deep. Second solo shot of the game. It is 31, mets. All was well. Trouble in the eighth. This could have been a double play. Daniel murphy with an error. The tying run scores. The royals piled on. Mike moustakas making it hurt. Scoring the goahead run. They would get another. And lead 53. Bottom of the ninth. A double at first. The double play ends the game. 53 is the final. The royals lead the series 31. We will have more on the world series throughout the day. We also want to take a look at the other news going on in the area. A tough game last night. A really tough game. Other news of the day, rob studio. Good deed. It is now 7 20 a. M. Thank you. We have learned the identities of three people who were killed by a car slamming into trickortreaters. Were live in morris park with the latest information on this tragedy. Reporter the latest is, we have learned the identities of the three People Killed here. Police have identified them at 65yearold louise perez, nyama aquil, and kristian leka. Police say a 52yearold man driving here yesterday afternoon when he rearended one car and then drove to the sidewalk into a group of about six people killing three of them. This happened around 5 00 again, morris park avenue in the bronx. Police say apparently these at the time. Also injuring a 3yearold girl, 21yearold woman. They suffered non lifethreatening injuries. We have been hearing that some of those victims may have been trapped underneath the car for some time. The driver with minor neck and back injuries. Witnesses described the scene is nothing short of horrifying. All of a sudden i heard the car the car literally jumped over a parked car hitting a bunch of people. There is no word yet on any charges. Live in the morris park section of the bronx this morning, channel 7, Eyewitness News. A heartbreaking story. We will have more news coming up in the next half hour. Lets get a check of the out at Staten Island, good morning. Reporter good morning. Your teammate is making me feel very lazy. Weather. Forecast out. This is your first marathon. How are you feeling . I feel great. You seemed so relaxed. No problem. The American Foundation of suicide prevention. Good luck to you. We have some good weather for you. Look history. It is better than last year. Getting a really mild one this 50s. Going into the 60s during the early afternoon hours. Lets go to the maps where Current Conditions over central park is 56 degrees. Southwest wind is light. Fort wadsworth, 54 right now. Great shape as they go through the afternoon hours. Temperatures showing 40s north and west. Pretty comfortable everywhere. 56 degrees here. You can see the tailwind at the start. It should be like. I do think the wind will freshen a little bit throughout the race. As you go into central park and calming self and coming software the finish line, the wind around seven up to 15. Making it a little more difficult at the end. 62 degrees by then. Here is the planner for today. Clouds will be breaking a little bit. A couple sprinkles here at Staten Island. They will be winding down. The mets forecast, temperatures in the low 60s. Unbelievable. The radar is quiet. Were looking at a couple showers around the area. Mainly north and west. We have a few sprinkles. The futurecast we will show you temperatures going into the low 60s. Clouds trying to thin out a little bit. The accuweather forecast looks like this. Clouds thinning out. The morning shower. High temperature will be 66 degrees. Unbelievable. The clouds will be breaking up. The storm should be off to the south tomorrow for the morris most part. More sunshine to the north and west. Sixtysix tomorrow. Tonight, 55 and partly tomorrow, more clouds than sun. The sevenday forecast looks nothing like november. Looking at the september 7 day with temperatures around 70 degrees. The sevenday forecast will be back to you for now rob and laura. 48 degrees last year. As i recall, it was 18. More coming up from Staten Island and the marathon route and we return. We have a competitive eater and a marathon or. Find out about him on this marathon sunday. I was jogging 5 months after my cartilage tear skiing a year after hip surgery. And playing grandma 4 weeks after a hip replacement one special hospital, over 1,000 special stories. See them all at find over 1,000 special stories at hospital for special surgery. Welcome back to this marathon morning. Running, as we know takes a lot of energy. Eating, of course. The man in this next story probably takes it to a new level. This guy is a competitive eater. We have this story. Were trying to figure out how we justify this, michelle. Last justified or not, this guy is wild. He is a teddy bear of a man. He is one of those guys who can dip the hotdogs and the water and scarf down about 26 dogs. So 26. 2 miles he is a runner. His name is crazy legs. Pyrotechnics . Eaters . Meet crazy legs. Off calories. This runner competitive eater is named, crazy legs. This is this legal name. Yes. He holds the world record for the most french cut string he has been in the hotdog contest. Im the guy at the table trying to get to 20 or 25. So 26 hotdogs meets 26 miles. The marathon is that they wear im not competing against other it is the day that i am not competing against other runners. All you need is a pair of sneakers, your head up and forward motion. You can see the world. You can see everything there is to see. And you can just jog. This is exactly the kind of outlet he says he needs. Job . I do everything else. I clean windows. I bartend at night. The hotdog set up i call this the crunch and munch. He says the success he does include pacing and enjoying the run. Going. It is a beautiful day. I want people to have their mine. Is that the best . Legs . Such a nice guy. It was great running with him out on the boardwalk. Perfect. It is in the 50s. A tiny drizzle. Not too much. We are at 60 street and 1 avenue. Is right there. The runners come right across, underneath and then go north on 1 avenue. This is a mile marker 16. We have a starbucks over there. A Dunkin Donuts over there. 62,000 cups of Dunkin Donuts coffee given out in Fort Wadsworth, which is good. They have about 30 puerto potties under this bridge. Good luck to everyone. It will be fabulous. Back to you. Michele, we love you so much. We can say michelle all day long. Coming up, the tcs grand marshal spike lee will talk about his passion for new york city and his special role in the tcs new York City Marathon. Gathering right now. Getting ready for the start of the 2015 tcs new York City Marathon. Marathon. We are just about two hours away from the main event. The excitement you can feel it. It is building. One of the best ways to see how many people are here today is from above. Way up above. Were live in the news copter. I think i can see you now, john. It is amazing, rob. It is almost like they built a small city on the Staten Island side. These are live pictures from the copter. You can see th